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2021 Sanford & Benedict Pinot Noir, Sta. Rita Hills

Another classic - 94 pts Vinous

Price: $55.00

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This is classic Sanford & Benedict Pinot Noir with firm structure, elegance and balance. The fruit is beautifully layered suggesting dark cherry, plum, and pomegranate backed by complex earthy, cedar notes. It is balanced with obvious fruit making it enjoyable near term, but it will also age and improve for many years to come.

Our history with Sanford & Benedict Vineyard goes back to 1985. It has always been our most special source, and has been deemed one of the best sites for Pinot Noir in America. The fruit is mostly from two well positioned blocks (10 and 11) planted to clones 667 and 777.

We use time-honored, traditional vinification with gentle destemming, allowing a good cold soak, and encouraging gentle, long, cool fermentations with frequent cap punch-downs that focus upon extracting fruit driven aromas and flavors early in the ferment. The goal is to make a Pinot with more integration and completeness at an early age. It was barrel aged in French oak undisturbed for 20 months before being racked and bottled.

Score: 94 points Vinous

"Terrfic. Floral and understated, the 2021 nicely shows the more ethereal side of this site. Bright acids pick up a core of red/purplish fruit, blood orange, mint and spice. I would give this a year or two in the bottlem, as the tannins are pretty imposing at this stage." - Antonio Galloni

805 688 0676

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